Project Management Question Bank
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Q2. You have assigned as the project manager on a new project. The organization uses a strong matrix structure. Computers needed to complete the project are an example of:

1. Limited cost
2. Diminishing cost
3. Fixed cost
4. Indirect cost.

Q3. A ranking of risk and a list of risks for additional analysis are all outputs of which process of risk management?

1. Identify Risks
2. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
3. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
4. Plan Risk Responses.

Q4. You were asked to prepare a budget for completing a project that was started last year and then shelved for six months. All the following would be included in the project budget EXCEPT:

1. Fixed costs.
2. Sunk costs.
3. Direct costs.
4. Variable costs.

Q5. Based on the chart, if the duration of activity F changes to 8, what is the effect on the project?

1. There is no effect on the critical path
2. The duration of the critical path becomes 16
3. The critical path changes
4. Activity A is now on the critical path

Q6. Analogous estimating:

1. Uses bottom-up estimating techniques
2. Is used most frequently during the executing processes o the project.
3. Use top-down estimating techniques
4. Uses actual detailed historical costs

Q7. You are working on a project with all the team members located in geographically different areas, and all communication is by email and chat. It is sometimes hard to infer the true meaning of these messages because you cannot see facial expressions or hear tones of voice. This is an example of:

1. Encoding
2. Medium
3. Decoding
4. Noise

Q8. You have identified a risk that will negatively affect your security project. You and your team have decided to use an older encryption technology because of the high risk associated with the new technology. What type of risk strategy are you using?

1. Mitigation
2. Exploitation
3. Avoidance
4. Transfer

Q9. Giving a team member a corner office is different than giving him health benefits because a corner office is a (n):

1. Perquisite.
2. Fringe benefit
3. Use of the expectancy theory
4. Example of formal power.

Q10. To help the project team function more efficiently on complex and interrelated activities, the project manager decides to use a war room. What does this mean?

1. All the project records are kept in many locations
2. The tools needed to accomplish the work are kept in one place with easy access by the team from various locations.
3. The entire team is located in one area.
4. The project’s entire senior management team is located in one area.